title:
Frederick L. Ashworth Oral History
contributor:
United States Naval Academy
coverage:
creator:
Ashworth, Frederick L., 1912-2005
date:
2016
description:
Frederick L. Ashworth was an Admiral in the United States Navy and a member of the United States Naval Academy Class of 1933. The Frederick L. Ashworth Oral History, also titled Frederick L. Ashworth, United States Navy: An Autobiography, was originally produced in 2000-2001 and published electronically in 2016. The oral history, conducted by Paul Stillwell, covers Ashworth's entire life, with a focus on his career in the United States Navy from 1929 to 1968, including his duties as a Naval Aviator, his work with the Manhattan Project, duties as weaponeer for the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, work with the Atomic Energy Commission, and his command of the U.S. Sixth Fleet.
format:
pdf
identifier:
Dad Book PDF One File w_o Stillwell preface#E969.pdf
language:
English
publisher:
relation:
Frederick L. Ashworth Oral History
rights:
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright, permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
source:
MS 30
subject:
Ashworth, Frederick L., 1912-2005; Corson (Seaplane tender : AVP-37); Franklin D. Roosevelt (Attack aircraft carrier : CVA-42); Los Alamos National Laboratory; Manhattan Project (U.S.) -- History; Midway (Aircraft carrier : CV-41); Naval Ordnance Test Station (China Lake, Calif.); United States. Navy. Fleet, 6th; West Virginia (Battleship : BB-48); Atomic bomb -- United States -- History; Nuclear weapons -- United States -- History; Torpedoes; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations; Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945; Manuscripts; Oral histories (literary works);
type:
Text
